The Dwarf Road
The Dwarf Road is the name frequently given to the nearly continuous road that runs through several regions of SW Thorast. The road itself is wide enough to accommodate two carriages passing each other and is built to typical Imperial Army specification. It is said to have been built to replace a track that the Dwarves of Overlook used to take to reach the west coast of Thorast.
The current road is about 160 years old and needs fairly regular maintenance and repair by the Army. As of 343IC several sections have been completely rebuilt from scratch. The eventual aim is to make the road as straight as possible given the landscape and there are, apparently, plans to bypass several of the town and villages currently served by the road in order to achieve this.
Path
The Dwarf Road officially starts at the town of Brindol in the west and ends at the city of Broogen in the east. A small, single carriage width addition extends the road out to the coast at Lilo. The regions and towns the road passes through are as follows:
Kleinius Vale
The section of the Dwarf Road that exists in the Kleinius Vale quite old and so is nowhere near straight. It passes through a number of small villages between Brindol and Wayfarer's Rest before heading NE into the Welcome Hills.
The Welcome Hills
From Wayfarer's rest the road has to navigate around increasingly hilly terrain and takes a wide curve back to the west before passing up, along Lake Viridian and through Turvin before reaching the Hammer Peaks.
The Hammer Peaks
It is here that the Dwarf Road takes its first major diversion, splitting off to pass through to Hammer Hold. Many people believe it runs through the villages to the north but this is incorrect as that road actually runs down to the coast. From Hammer Hold the road heads SE past Fort Basilisk but then splits a second time to continue east before crossing into the Sunlit Highlands.
The Sunlit Highlands
It is here that the Dwarf Road really starts develop the straightness that good Imperial roads are famed for. It passes almost directly west to east, through the town of Kiessel and over into Grindivar.
Grindivar
After passing through the town of Miltonberg the Dwarf Road takes a fairly direct line east, passing through the town of Tüdesheim (but not aaa) before passing through to the Borstheim Plains
Borstheim Plains
The Dwarf Road, almost incidentally, 'clips' the northeastern most edge of this region before heading on to the Tolsberg Vale.
Tolsberg Vale
Once the Dwarf Road reaches the Tolsberg Vale it follows a moderately straight path to the south-east, through Helmgard and Flenchen and ending at Broogen.
